lazy monday

i went down to the mill and passed the afternoon with a latte and a few chapters of villaseñor's rain of gold. i'm feeling pretty lazy after the holiday. i don't want to go to work tonight, but oh well back to the grind.

mile high

in colorado spending the holiday with family. after gorging myself on turkey for two days i finally made it out to do some shopping.

downtown denver

checking deals at REI and helping my sis find a helmet.

back to town

after watching the awards ceremony, i towed the MPU back to town with a few peeps.

cowbells and dollar primes

it was a fun time hanging out on hooligan hill this weekend with cvo and the folks.

eagles

last weekend i built up the old steed into street fixed gear mode. i managed to find the original bar plugs that came with the frame back in the '89. it got me thinking about eagles and symbolism. eagles were big with bike makers way back when but not anymore. i think the bianchi eagle is the oldest, and if carnielli had stayed in business the bottecchia eagle would have been pretty old too.

tnmwr

tuesday night mwc ride tally: 6-7 peeps, 1 flat, 1 large owl, and one BIG ASS buck deer that almost ran right through us after being spooked and blinded by ep and nate's lights.

partay

i was at a fun birthday party with a number of peeps from the local scene. what a pleasure it was to find this in the kitchen. there is no better tool to use for opening a wine bottle than the campagnolo corkscrew. i've put off getting one for many years (they are quite pricey) but i will delay no more.

game day traffic

it was bumper to bumper madness downtown as usual. i normally would cut through the lines of traffic but the cops are everywhere and testy on a day like this. so i wait like everyone else.

UEP thursdays

Urban Exploring with Peeps. taura was trying to stay warm outside of knickerbockers while we waited for dirty D to show up. she put a cool weldor girl decal on the downtube of her bike cause she still likes to represent. she was a weldor at one time and i think she should get back into it, but this time making bike frames! :) anyways, after some .25 tacos the three of us did some urban exploring. oh, and nice gloves james.

JD green

it will run like a deere.

watch out

it looks like someone got t-boned by a minivan. they already had the person in the ambulance when i rode by. their bike didn't look too bad from where i was, so hopefully he or she isn't hurt seriously. this is at 18th and M streets, an intersection many of us ride though daily on our way to and from downtown. even though we have the right-of-way here you have to be wary. drivers don't look for bikers most of the time anyway but it's even more dangerous at dawn and dusk.

end of DST

i'm gonna have to start riding in the early afternoon now.

MG @ the MWC

johnny T brought his new low budget secret agent car down to the shop.

when i can't sleep...

i work on my bikes. i cleaned the drivetrain on the commuter.

bring it on

it's almost halloween, and beechum looks ready to pounce on any trick-o-treaters.

sir will you fix my flat?

a catholic school girl stopped by my place to have her flat fixed. nice costume janna.

el viaje

this afternoon i stopped by campus to see the sheldon's exhibit of graciela inturbide photographs. they are fascinating to say the least. this photograph, entitled 'el viaje', was one of my favorites.

nite ride

super hoss called it, friday nite ride. man, it was primo. a great time, especially the part coming back with no lights, just by the mooonlight.

trick o' treat

can anyone guess which one i did? i had a fun time last night carving pumpkins with some fellow lincoln-roadies. thanks to kim c for the great food and hospitality.

harvest time

got a flat in princeton. in the short time it took to fix it several big trucks rolled by. looks like those guys are busy non-stop.

sanfran weather

taura says this weather reminds her of sf.

tnmwr

frustrated

when i got home last night from a ride... there was beechum, and he wasn't looking too happy. he's been fending off the advances of this grey femme kitty that has been lurking around the house lately. she must be in heat and beechum, being that he's fixed, can't help her out. sorry little buddy... i feel for ya.

royale rides

i was hanging out with royale this afternoon, and my good buddy smoothie showed up to say hi. he's a cool cat, but like i've said many times.. royale spoils him. it's nice to know that some local celebs do like to ride their bikes. royale showed off her urban riding skills as we headed downtown for some coffee.

goddess

went to b&n to see mandy in the latest of Bicycling. she is such a goddess.

nice horsies

coming back into town on s.40th just before sunset.

almost ran her over

i was heading up north on the trail that goes up to superior st, and as i'm about to pass under cornhusker hwy something caught my eye. i turned around to have a closer look and found a good sized momma wolf spider with all her babies on board. i snapped a few before she scurried off into the grass.

craving crepes

i called up my good friend taura for breakfast... she wanted crepes so we headed to village inn (yeah we know that vi isn't the best place for crepes, but it's close by and it was damn windy out and we didn't want to ride far). i've been wanting to swap her drop bars for something more comfy, so after stuffing ourselves we went to over to my bikeshop (aka kitchen) to do some maintenance. she now has nitto moustache bars on her baby and she likes them a lot. oh... and she loves her brown suede boots a lot too.

IDEAL grocery

picking up a few essentials.

che guapo!

my friend kate was in town briefly before she heads back to paraguay (she's doing the peace corps thing). kate is the only woman i know who can ride my 61cm bianchi SL track bike with no problem, it fits her perfectly actually. she is a fellow bianchi aficiondo and was so happy to ride her beloved marcelo again, even if it was only for a day.

almost harvest time

i went up to do the taco ride on the the wabash trace trail with some friends. fall is the best time to go, as the views of fields at this time of year are quite picturesque.

iowa

kim's shot of me at the same spot on last year's ride.

full load

this dude had his hands full.

it's gonna rain tonight

breakfast @ hi-way diner

let's see... got to bed around 3am... woke up around 7am. i didn't eat much last night so i was hungry. i called up janna and we headed down to one of lincoln's posh dining establishments. on the way there janna couldn't stop messing with her scab. oh... nice socks janna.

latte kickstart

getting my saturday morning pickmeup at the mill.

one speed, one wheel

i saw this cool looking unicycle outside the coho. i'd probably do a faceplant if i ever tried to ride one.

couldn't hold it?

actually, it's just water. we hosed janna's leg off to help clean her road rash. next time janna, keep both hands on the bars when jumping curbs.

that was a lot of rain...

and a nice sky afterwards.

one leg

got in some miles sunday night with janna. janna snapped one of me and it looks like i'm a one-legged cyclist.